[OZAPRS] Any suggestions for VK APRS coverage via satellite?

[John sIMON]

PCSat is not dead.  At the moment NO-44 is in partial eclipse but useable
during daylight hours



                  John de VK2XGJ
VK2XGJ Satellite Gateway to VK & Oceania
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Hoskin" <vk3jfk at amsat.org>
To: <ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Any suggestions for VK APRS coverage via satellite?


> Hi Chris,
>
> I think PCSat is dead and I dont thnik there is any local SGATEs
operating
> at persent but I did see this today which may be of some assistance.
>
> Cheers
> Richard
> VK3JFK
>
>
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--
> -----------
> Hi,
>
> Those of you who experiment with Sgates may like to know that the ISS
digi
> is working - after a fashion. After quite some experimentation, and some
> useful information from ZL2TE (Sid), I have found a path that works. The
> usual paths of CQ via RS0ISS-4 and APRS via RS0ISS-4 are not currently
> accepted by the ISS digi.
>
> I'm not sure that the downlinked packets have the correct structure to
be
> successfully gated. This structure is determined by the configuration of
> the inbuilt TNC in the on board Kenwood radio, and I'm sure that all of
you
> will know much more about that than I do.
>
> Anyway.. the downlink frequency is 145.800 MHz (with Doppler), as is the
> uplink at present. A successful packet is shown below. Both Tx and Rx
are
> shown.
>
> Sil - ZL2CIA
>
>
> Fm ZL2CIA To RS0ISS-11 <UI pid=F0 Len=59 >[09:17:39]
> =4116.78S/17445.27Ey- zl2cia at amsat.org via RS0ISS* {UISS30}
>
> Fm ZL2CIA To RS0ISS Via RS0ISS-1*,SGATE-11 <UI pid=F0 Len=59 >[09:17:43]
> =4116.78S/17445.27Ey- zl2cia at amsat.org via RS0ISS* {UISS30}
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Hill" <chris.hill at crhtelnet.com.au>
> To: <ozaprs at marconi.ics.mq.edu.au>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 2:19 AM
> Subject: [OZAPRS] Any suggestions for VK APRS coverage via satellite?
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I travelling down south (approx 400km south of Perth) in the next day
or
> > two, and would like to get back into the APRS network.
> >
> > I will move out of terrestrial coverage after approx 200km south of
Perth
> > (around the northern approaches to Bunbury), and unfortunately, I
don't
> have
> > HF APRS running yet.  Therefore, the only way I will get back into the
> APRS
> > network from down south is:
> >
> > 1.  Enhanced propagation on 145.175MHz, or
> >
> > 2.  Digi-ing via a satellite, from my D-700A
> >
> >
> > Does anyone regularly monitor any of the amateur APRS capable
satellites?
> > If so, which ones?
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris
> > vk6kch
> >
> >
> >
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